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… Rosa existed in their own beautiful, sweet world. “He took his hand away on his own,” Rosa said, and she saw her son’s smile for the first time. Their first mother-son moment was short-lived. Soon after, a nurse rushed in to take Ramses … their baby stayed in the hospital. On her way back, Rosa could only think of the moment when her son opened his eyes and smiled at her. She couldn’t resist her tears. While she knew nothing about clefts, she knew at that moment that she would … her hope for her son’s bright future. She started to do research on clefts, and eventually found some leaflets from Smile Train that said there were free and safe surgeries available. Rosa quickly got in touch with a nurse who worked at …
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… Saber’s Cleft Journey, in His Parents’ Words Saber’s Cleft Journey, in His Parents’ Words Their names are withheld; their truth is not. Saber was born this March in northern Egypt, one month premature and with a cleft. Below, his father and mother (who asked not to be named) share an intimate, honest account of their journey from a difficult pregnancy to unexpectedly having a son with a … I felt. I was hospitalized in the fourth month and was in and out of the hospital for weeks at a time until Saber was at last delivered in the eighth month. That was the moment I had spent nearly a year praying to God for, and all I wanted in …
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… story of a cleft mother’s bravery, in her own words. Favour, from the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, is the mother of Smile Train patient Annointed. Below, she shares with us her and her family’s journey from unexpectedly having a child with a cleft to finding the free, lifesaving care her son needed from a local Smile Train partner. The first thing I have to tell you is that my husband, Martin, and I loved Annointed from the moment … go so far to see their baby have a surgery they know nothing about. The blessings of Annointed’s surgery go beyond his smile. Now he breastfeeds while sitting and can suckle in any position. I also can leave him by himself while he’s …
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… Sabira: From Speech Therapy to Mastering Three Languages Sabira: From Speech Therapy to Mastering Three Languages Comprehensive cleft care helped Sabira express herself with confidence Sabira’s parents first … 12, 2023 Kelvin Hopes to Bring Smiles All Throughout Ghana Madagascar Jul 6, 2023 Fy Always Had a Team in Her Corner Togo Jun 16, 2023 At 65, My Dad Can Now Savor Life … Comprehensive cleft care helped Sabira express herself with …
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… Recipient of Our 2 Millionth Surgery Witnesses a Generational Transformation Recipient of Our 2 Millionth Surgery Witnesses a Generational Transformation Rajib’s life will not be like his father’s In early 2024, in a makeshift house in a remote river village in South Sumatra, Indonesia, a father and son with a cleft made history together. Alim had to drop out of … new smiles. “Rajib should be two million,” Alim insisted. “I will be the two-million-and-first.” A few days, a long boat ride, and a long bus ride later, everything changed. For the whole family. Gallery Prev Next When we caught up with …
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… Yohanes with a spoon and told her that, though her son qualified for free cleft surgery thanks to their partnership with Smile Train, it would not be safe to perform it until he reached a healthy enough weight. At his current pace, he … and Aschalew saw him wheeled out of the OR, they felt they could breathe for the first time since he was born. And smile. He recovered well and was soon eating and drinking greedily as every other baby. Yohanes is now a healthy four-year-old and a big brother. Today, Yohanes is all smiles The whole family is deeply grateful to Smile Train for giving their son a chance to survive and thrive. They look …
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… perseverance, the kindness of others, and the power of technology, he lives each day with confidence, health, and a smile. And if the robots do turn against us, he’s prepared for that, too. He knows karate. Jenious’ mother, Jamuna, went … many surgeries to thrive. He fell sick often and spent a lot of time in the hospital. But this is another advantage of Smile Train’s model: Because Smile Train empowers community healthcare workers in the places our patients live , Jenious’ cleft team at B and B is …
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… Dr. Sally Adel is a lecturer of phoniatrics and a speech therapist at Alexandria University Hospital in Egypt. A proud Smile Train partner, she helps give the gift of clear, confident speech to children with clefts. In honor of … really had a hard time at school and with their families and I felt called to help them. How did you first encounter Smile Train? At first, I knew that Smile Train helped some children at the Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, but I didn't know how the program was …
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… the names: Jhon Bruce Lee. At the time, they had never heard of the martial arts legend, but others showed them the movies soon enough — and the more Bruce Lee movies Jhon watched, and the more his son grew, the more he appreciated the coincidence. The name fit the boy well. Even … worked long hours in the field to earn a meager salary that had to support the entire family. They scoured Lima with increasing desperation searching for a surgery they could afford. One day, when Jhon Bruce Lee was three months old, Celia …